Is This Irony?

Walt Neidlinger is a NIMBY type of guy. When Wal-Mart was about to move into his area, he fought it tooth and nail...and he won. Yup, evil Wal-Mart decided that there was too much community nay saying and they decided to pack it up and move to a different Township. However, compared to what took Wal-Marts place, I'm sure ole Walt is having second thoughts about Wally:

''What could be worse than Wal-Mart?''

Over the past year, Neidlinger says, he's gotten an answer: RPM Recycling -- the metal-shredding plant on the same land -- causes daily noise that sounds like a freight train rumbling down the street, and frequent explosions that shake his walls.

Then, on Aug. 9, fire swept through the 300 tons of fluff and scrap, sending a thick plume of black smoke over Neidlinger's and Hendershot's homes and bringing more than 100 firefighters from 18 stations.

Hendershot said she and her neighbors ended up with sore throats, headaches -- and new concerns about RPM.

Loser is aisle 2.

Walt should be happy, headaches will go away, but low low prices never will. Good job fighting The Man, Walt.

Save money. Live better.